15 killed as tractor-trolley falls into canal

HYDERABAD: In yet every other highway twist of fate within the state, 15 folks — 14 women, all farmhands, and a three-year-old boy — died, 10 suffered accidents and three escaped unhurt after a tractor-trolley by which they had been travelling fell right into a canal of the river Musi at Nandanam village in Yadadri district on Sunday morning.

The tractor driving force reportedly attempted to gentle a cigarette, but lost keep watch over over the car. However, police are yet to ascertain the cause of the twist of fate.

Around 10.30am, 28 folks had been travelling in a tractor trolley to succeed in a cotton farm at Nandanam. As the tractor trolley used to be plying at the bund, the motive force, Venkat Narayana, lost keep watch over over the car and it fell into the roadside canal. The trolley got detached, overturned and trapped some of its occupants, Rachakonda police mentioned.

“There had been no accidents at the bodies of the sufferers. They died due to suffocation,” Rachakonda joint commissioner of police Sudheer Babu mentioned.

Venkat Narayana, who used to be a number of the three individuals who escaped unhurt, went absconding after the twist of fate, police mentioned. Earlier within the day, he engaged 27 women, most commonly within the 25-30 age team, in Valigonda to paintings at his farm to sow cotton seeds. They got into his tractor-trolley to succeed in Nandanam, but tragedy struck them just a minute away from the farm, police added.


Locals alerted Valigonda police, who reached the twist of fate spot after 20 mins, however it took a while for local revenue officers to shift the injured to clinic. Fourteen individuals, together with the three-year-old boy, died at the spot, whilst a victim died whilst present process treatment. Two sufferers had been from Kurnool district in AP, whilst the remaining had been from Valigonda.


On April 6, nine women died in a similar twist of fate after their tractor fell into AMR Canal in Nalgonda.


CM K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed shock over the twist of fate and directed officers to offer clinical take care of the injured. “Chief minister KCR expressed deep shock over the ghastly incident at Nandanam village. The CM conveyed his condolences to the households of the sufferers and directed officers to offer higher clinical take care of the injured," the CM’s workplace mentioned in a communication. The district government have announced ex gratia but even so giving other assurances.


Forensics mavens carried out post-mortem examination at a close-by well being centre. Sudheer Babu mentioned a case used to be registered against driving force underneath IPC Section 304 (ii) (culpable homicide no longer amounting to homicide).
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